Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 2:36 
Context2:36 From Aroer, 1 which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), 2 all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us – the Lord our God gave them all to us.
Deuteronomy 3:4
Context3:4 We captured all his cities at that time – there was not a town we did not take from them – sixty cities, all the region of Argob, 3 the dominion of Og in Bashan.
Deuteronomy 6:2
Context6:2 and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments 4 that I am giving 5 you – you, your children, and your grandchildren – all your lives, to prolong your days.
Deuteronomy 7:7
Context7:7 It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you – for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
Deuteronomy 7:15
Context7:15 The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you.
Deuteronomy 10:12
Context10:12 Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, 6 to obey all his commandments, 7 to love him, to serve him 8 with all your mind and being, 9
Deuteronomy 12:2
Context12:2 You must by all means destroy 10 all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods – on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree. 11
Deuteronomy 15:10
Context15:10 You must by all means lend 12 to him and not be upset by doing it, 13 for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt.
Deuteronomy 21:21
Context21:21 Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out 14 wickedness from among you, and all Israel 15 will hear about it and be afraid.
Deuteronomy 28:1
Context28:1 “If you indeed 16 obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving 17 you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:15
Context28:15 “But if you ignore 18 the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: 19
Deuteronomy 29:21
Context29:21 The Lord will single him out 20 for judgment 21 from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law.
Deuteronomy 30:1
Context30:1 “When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses 22 I have set before you, you will reflect upon them 23 in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
Deuteronomy 32:46
Context32:46 he said to them, “Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law.
1 sn Aroer. Now known as àAraáir on the northern edge of the Arnon river, Aroer marked the southern limit of Moab and, later, of the allotment of the tribe of Reuben (Josh 13:9, 16).
2 tn Heb “the city in the wadi.” This enigmatic reference may refer to Ar or, more likely, to Aroer itself. Epexegetically the text might read, “From Aroer…, that is, the city in the wadi.” See D. L. Christensen, Deuteronomy 1–11 (WBC), 49.
3 sn Argob. This is a subdistrict of Bashan, perhaps north of the Yarmuk River. See Y. Aharoni, Land of the Bible, 314.
4 tn Here the terms are not the usual חֻקִּים (khuqqim) and מִשְׁפָּטִים (mishpatim; as in v. 1) but חֻקֹּת (khuqqot, “statutes”) and מִצְוֹת (mitsot, “commandments”). It is clear that these terms are used interchangeably and that their technical precision ought not be overly stressed.
5 tn Heb “commanding.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation.
6 tn Heb “the
7 tn Heb “to walk in all his ways” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV); NAB “follow his ways exactly”; NLT “to live according to his will.”
8 tn Heb “the
9 tn Heb “heart and soul” or “heart and being”; NCV “with your whole being.” See note on the word “being” in Deut 6:5.
10 tn Heb “destroying you must destroy”; KJV “Ye shall utterly (surely ASV) destroy”; NRSV “must demolish completely.” The Hebrew infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis, which is reflected in the translation by the words “by all means.”
11 sn Every leafy tree. This expression refers to evergreens which, because they keep their foliage throughout the year, provided apt symbolism for nature cults such as those practiced in Canaan. The deity particularly in view is Asherah, wife of the great god El, who was considered the goddess of fertility and whose worship frequently took place at shrines near or among clusters (groves) of such trees (see also Deut 7:5). See J. Hadley, NIDOTTE 1:569-70; J. DeMoor, TDOT 1:438-44.
12 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “by all means.”
13 tc Heb “your heart must not be grieved in giving to him.” The LXX and Orig add, “you shall surely lend to him sufficient for his need,” a suggestion based on the same basic idea in v. 8. Such slavish adherence to stock phrases is without warrant in most cases, and certainly here.
14 tn The Hebrew term בִּעַרְתָּה (bi’artah), here and elsewhere in such contexts (cf. Deut 13:5; 17:7, 12; 19:19; 21:9), suggests God’s anger which consumes like fire (thus בָעַר, ba’ar, “to burn”). See H. Ringgren, TDOT 2:203-4.
15 tc Some LXX traditions read הַנִּשְׁאָרִים (hannish’arim, “those who remain”) for the MT’s יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra’el, “Israel”), understandable in light of Deut 19:20. However, the more difficult reading found in the MT is more likely original.
16 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “indeed.”
17 tn Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you today” (likewise in v. 15).
18 tn Heb “do not hear the voice of.”
19 tn Heb “and overtake you” (so NIV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “and overwhelm you.”
20 tn Heb “set him apart.”
21 tn Heb “for evil”; NAB “for doom”; NASB “for adversity”; NIV “for disaster”; NRSV “for calamity.”
22 tn Heb “the blessing and the curse.”
23 tn Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”
